Planning application
First Floor, 11 Market Street Newton Le Willows St Helens WA12 9BQ
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Prior approval for a change of use to first floor from retail (Class E) to 1no flat/residential (Class C3).
As published by the council, reference P/2025/0024/S2DPA
Application record
- Reference
- P/2025/0024/S2DPA
- Type
- Shop to Dwelling Prior Approval
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Grant
- Received
- 14 Jan 2025
- Validated
- 16 Jan 2025
- Decided
- 11 Mar 2025
- Ward
- Newton West Ward
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- WA12 9BQ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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14 Jan 2025
Received by St. Helens
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16 Jan 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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11 Mar 2025
Decision issued: Grant
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7 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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C/2025/0028/CON Granted
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Discharge of condition 3 (bike store) on approval P/2025/0024/S2DPA
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
17 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
St. Helens granted permission on 11 March 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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